NASA Daily News Summary

For Release: Oct. 28, 1999

No Press Releases Today

VIDEO FILE FOR OCT. 28, 1999

ITEM 1 - SPACE TRANSPORTATION DAY (replay)

ITEM 2 - INSPECTION '99 PSAs - JSC (replay)

BROADCAST NOTE: NASA TV will rebroadcast coverage of a

Congressional Hearing on Space Transportation ArchitectureStudies: The Future of Earth-to-Orbit Spaceflight before the HouseCommittee on Science's, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics,taped on Oct. 27, 1999, as follows:

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Index of 1999 NASA News Releases:

Video File for Oct. 28, 1999

ITEM 1 - SPACE TRANSPORTATION DAY (replay)

NASA's future space transportation plans -- from next year's

experimental rocket planes to the starships of the next millennium-- is the focus of Space Transportation Day '99 today, Oct.27, at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL.During the one-day conference, sponsored by NASA's Lead Center forSpace Transportation Systems Development, NASA officials willdiscuss the latest goals and programs aimed at opening space togreater commercialization and exploration. The conference willgive government, industry, academia and interest groups a chanceto review the status of both current projects, as well as futureplans, and offer feedback.